CNN 2008-03-27
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(三)月
Good afternoon. I’m Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here’s a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Clashes in and around Baghdad and Basra of the last two days have left at least 58 people dead, according to Iraqi officials. The areas are strongholds of radical 1 anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. He says he’s ordered his Mehdi Army to obey a ceasefire, but Shiite militant 2 groups are ignoring it. Iraqi authorities say they are battling followers 3 of al-Sadr in Baghdad and Basra. A US command insists troops are targeting armed criminals and terrorists, not members of al-Sadr’s movement.
Three Americans are seriously injured following attacks on Baghdad’s heavily fortified 4 Green Zone. A US embassy spokeswoman says the three are US government officials. They were hurt by indirect fire, the term used for the rocket, mortar 5 and artillery 6 attacks on the area in recent days. The embassy also says a US government employee in Baghdad has died of wounds received in the weekend attack.
It is a happy ending for a little girl trapped in a well in India. A short time ago, a man emerged from the scene in New Delhi with the two-year-old in his arms. She has spent 27 hours trapped inside a narrow well. Her name is Vandana and she fell 45 feet into the uncovered well while playing last night. She’s now being checked out at the hospital.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his model-turned-singer wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy were given the royal treatment during the trip to London. The pair received a formal welcome from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip before enjoying a carriage ride to Windsor Castle. Sarkozy hopes the two-day visit will create a new era of trust between the nations. The trip marks the first state visit by a French President in 12 years.
Many scientists are sounding a new alarm over melting ice at the South Pole. These pictures are from Antarctica’s largest ice shelf. Scientists say they watched as 220 square miles of ice collapsed 7 in the matter of hours last month. Now a block the size of Connecticut looks like it’s ready to break up. The British Antarctic Survey says the Wilkins Ice Shelf lost 6% of its surface in just a decade. And many scientists warn what’s happening at the earth’s poles is a sign of climate changes coming to the rest of the world.
All those are the headlines at this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
- The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
- He fortified himself against the cold with a hot drink. 他喝了一杯热饮御寒。
- The enemy drew back into a few fortified points. 敌人收缩到几个据点里。
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
- This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
- The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。